Yu Kwang-chung Birthday, Date of Birth

Yu Kwang-chung

Yu Kwang-chung (Chinese: 余光中; 21 October 1928 – 14 December 2017), also romanised as Yu Guangzhong, was a Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic.

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Birthday, Date of Birth
Sunday, October 21, 1928
Place of Birth
Nanjing
Age
97
Star Sign

The October 21, 1928 was a Sunday under the star sign of . It was the 294 day of the year. President of the United States was Calvin Coolidge.

If you were born on this day, you are 97 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 304 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, in 60 days. You have lived for 35,733 days, or about 857,612 hours, or about 51,456,728 minutes, or about 3,087,403,680 seconds.

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21st of October 1928 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 21, 1928

BROADCASTS BOOKED FOR LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK

Date: 21 October 1928

Plans for Damrosch concerts

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SMITH IS ACCLAIMED BY INDIANA THRONGS; Homeward Bound, He Parades in Indianapolis and Speaks Twice Briefly. HITS FOES IN INTERVIEW Governor Insists Mellon and Others Seek to Mislead on Federal Finances. Wayes His Brown Derby. Text of Governor's Speech. SMITH IS ACCLAIMED BY INDIANA THRONGS Insists Federal Costs Rose. Attacks "Authorized" Programs. Tells Story of "Two and Two." Cites Effect of Baumes Laws. Points to Teachers' Pay Rise. Takes Fling at Borah. Talks to Farmers and Others. Predicts Victory at Polls.

Date: 21 October 1928

From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Smith analyzes Repub claim, discusses N Y S finance

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150,000 SIGHTSEERS SEE ZEPPELIN IN DAY; All Jersey Shore Roads Packed as Auto Caravan and Buses Swarm on Lakehurst. THOUSANDS ARE TOO LATE Traffic Jams Harass Visitors in 40,000 Cars and 10 Trains-- Los Angeles Flies Today. Highways Choked by Traffic. Visitor Killed by Auto. Congestion Delays Buses.

Date: 22 October 1928

Special to The New York Times

Gimbel, H

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ALL INDUSTRY HONORS NINE OF ITS PIONEERS; Edison, Ford, Firestone, Schwab, Rosenwald, Wright, Curtiss, Eastman and Cyrus Curtis Are Singled out By Conference on Major Industries. HENRY FORD. His Start With Automobiles. ORVILLE WRIGHT. GLENN H. CURTIS. The Flying Boat. CHARLES M. SCHWAB. The Rise to Power. JULIUS ROSENWALD. GEORGE EASTMAN. A Humble Beginning. Expansion Through Films. CYRUS H.K. CURTIS. HARVEY S. FIRESTONE.

Date: 21 October 1928

By WALDO WALKER

Waldo WALKER

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NEWS FROM CHICAGO

Date: 21 October 1928

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REPARATIONS PLAN TO NAME NO TOTAL, BUT YEARLY SUMS; Experts Intend to Limit German Payments to Fixed Term, With Discount Possibilities. DAWES BONDS DISREGARDED Allies' Receipts From Reich's Loan Could Be Offered to Us to Cut Time They Must Pay. WASHINGTON FAVORS MOVE Would Meet Europe on Debts to Us When Powers Set Own House in Order, Officials Say. Political Factor to Consider. Talk of New Financial Deal. REPARATIONS PLAN TO NAME NO TOTAL Prospects From the German Side. WASHINGTON'S STAND TOLD. Will Talk Debts When Europe Has Solved Reparation Problem. Attitude of Past Unchanged. Logical Steps Toward Settlement. No Ill Feeling by Governments. URGES REPARATION CAUTION. Hugenberg, New Chief of German Nationalists, Outlines Policy.

Date: 22 October 1928

By EDWIN L. JAMES. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Edwin JAMES

Mentioned in ed on C G Dawes' s in N Y C

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PLANTING GREAT FORESTS FOR POSTERITY; People of New York Are Now Engaged In Replacing the Trees Their Forefathers Destroyed

Date: 21 October 1928

By VIRGINIA POPEPhotographs on This and the Preceeding Page Are by Courtesy of the New York State Conservation Department

Feature article on forests; illus

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RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK

Date: 21 October 1928

Vs Alfred

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IN DEFENSE OF OUR MACHINE AGE; Emil Ludwig Weighs the Burdens Imposed Upon the Mind of Man by the Speedy Tempo of Our Times and Finds They Are More Than Offset by the Wing Power We Have Gained DEFENDING OUR MACHINE AGE

Date: 21 October 1928

By EMIL LUDWIG

Emil LUDWIG

Feature article by E Ludwig

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PLANES SURVEY ALASKAN WILDS; Air Method Quickens Mapping Operations --Other Air items Fokkers to be Made by British. A Row in Saxony. British Aircraft Show. Fire Fighting by Plane. Change of Mascots. Swedish Red Cross Work.

Date: 21 October 1928

Swedish Red Cross operates aeroambulance

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